Ash-pan for locomotives.



v PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907. I G. G. EGKENRODE & N. BALDWIN.

ASH PAN FOR LOCOMOTIVES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-8.1906.

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CHARLES GILBERT ECKENRODE AND N ORMON BALDWIN, OF PIERRE,

SOUTH DAKOTA.

' ASH-PAN FOR LOCOMOTIVES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

Application filed August 8, 1906. serial No. 329,682.

T0 whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES GILBERT ECKENRODE and NORMON BALDWIN, bothcitizens of the United States, and residents of Pierre, in the county ofHughes and State of South Dakota, have invented a new and ImprovedAsh-Pan for Locomotives, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to an improved construction in ash-pans forlocomotives whereby the pan may be dumped at any time by the movement ofa single lever within easy reach upon the cab.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a portion of a locomotive, illustrating our improved ashpanand dumping means attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of theparts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through a portion ofthe pan and on the line 3 3 of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectionthrough the pan and illustrating the sectional bottom; and Fig. 5 is aside elevation of the lower portion of the same, showing the mechanismby which the pan is dumped. 4

To more clearly illustrate the construction of our improved ash-pan anddumping device and the method in which it is attached to a locomotive,we have shown a portion of the latter diagrammatically, so that therelative position of the parts of our improvement in respect to thelocomotive may be fully understood.

Beneath the fire-box of the locomotive 1 we secure our improved ash-pan2 and extend the means for dumping the same upward into thelocomotive-cab 3. The bottom of our improved pan is composed of aplurality of sections 4, each pivoted upon a rod or bar 5, extendingthrough the opposite walls of the pan and having one end thereofprovided with a pinion 6 and the other end provided with a suitablewasher 7 and key 8 for preventing the longitudinal movement of the rodor bar. Each of the sections 4 and the pinions 6 is rigidly connected toits respective shafts, so that when a pinion is rotated the section ofthe bottom will be also rotated on the bar 5 as a center, and saidsection may be thus turned to a vertical position. For rotating thepinions we provide a rack-bar 9 above and a second rack-bar 10 below thesame. These rack-bars are connected at their ends by a connecting-bar11, and the distance between the two bars is substantially the same asthe diameter of the pinions. The teeth on the rack-bars occur onlyintermittently, so that as the two rack-bars are moved simultaneously inthe same direction the teeth ofone rack-bar will engage only everyalternate pinion, while the teeth of the other engages the remainingpinions to rotate them in the opposite direction. By the endwisemovement of the rack-bars and the consequent rotation of the pinionseach section of the bottom of the ash-pan is turned edgewise, wherebythe contents of the pan may freely drop therefrom. For supporting therack-bars and holding them in contact with the pinions we providesuitable brackets 12, secured to the sides of the ash-pan and inclosingthe two rack-bars, as clearly illustrated in the drawings.

The connecting-bar 11 of the two rackbars has a link 13 pivoted thereto,and the end of this link is also pivoted to one end of a lever 14,extending upward into the cab 3 of the locomotive. This lever 14 ispivoted intermediate its ends on a bracket 15, rigidly supported inplace by a brace 16, and the upper end of the lever swings adjacent asector 17, having one or more notches cut in the curved surface thereof.The upper end of the lever is provided with a suitable handle 18 foroperating the same, and the side of the lever is provided with aspring-pressed dog 19, adapted to engage with a notch or notches in thesector 17.

The lever normally stands in a vertical position, with the dog 19 inengagement with the center notch in the sector 17 and with the sections4 of the bottom of the ash-pan lying in a horizontal position toeffectively close the same. When it is desired to dump the ashes fromthe ash-pan, the fireman moves the lever-arm 14 forward after havingdisengaged the dog 19 from the notch in the sector 17. This forwardmovement of the lever draws the rack-bars 9 and 10 in the op posite'direction, thus rotating the pinions and turning the sections of thebottom into a vertical position. The ashes may then freely fall from thepan, and the trouble usually necessary to rake them'out is entirelyeliminated. By the use of our improved device the ashes may be dumpedfrom the an in a few seconds without the fireman caving the cab orclimbing to any dangerous position. The back end of our improved ash-panmay be provided with a hinged door 20, whereby the ashes may be rakedout in the usual manner in case anything should accidentally happen tothe improved dumping device and interfere with the normal operationthereof.

Any suitable protecting-casing 21, of sheet metal or other material, maybe secured to a side of the ash-pan to protect and conceal the pinionsand rack-bars and prevent for eign objects from interfering with theirnormal operation.

It is evident that the bottom of the ashpan may be composed of anynumber of sections desired, depending upon the length of the ash-panand. the most convenient size for the sections, and it is also evidentthat minor changes may be made in the construction of the device abovedescribed without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. An ash-pan having a bottom composed of aplurality of sections pivotally supported, and means for simultaneouslyrotating each alternate section in one direction and the remainingsections in the opposite direction, said means comprising a pinioncarried by each section, and two rack-bars in engagement with said.pinions.

2. An ash-pan having a bottom composed of a plurality of sections, aplurality of rods each carrying one of said sections and pivoted in thewalls of said pan, pinions on the ends of said rods, a rack-bar upon'oneside of said pinions and in engagement with only a portion of saidpinions, a second rack-bar oppositely disposed to said first mentionedrack-bar, and in engagement with the remaining pinions, and means forsimultaneously moving said rack-bar.

3. An ash-pan having the bottom thereof composed of a plurality ofpivotally-mounted sections, a pinion carried by each of said sections, arack-bar in engagement with each alternate pinion, a second rack-bar inengagement with the remaining pinions, and means for simultaneouslymoving said rackbars to rotate the sections.

4. In combination with a locomotive having a cab, of an ash-pan, barsextending across said pan and journaled in the walls thereof, asectional bottom for said ash-pan, each section thereof being pivoted toone of said bars, pinions on the ends of said bars, a rack-bar mountedupon said pinions, a second rack-bar mounted below said pinions, theteeth of said rack-bars being arranged intermittently, whereby eachrack-bar only engages with the alternate pinions, bracketsv secured tothe side of said ash-pan for guiding -said rackbars, and means forsimultaneously moving said rack-bars in the same direction.

5. In combination with a locomotive having a cab, of an ash-pan, barsextending across said pan and journaled in the walls thereof, asectional bottom for said ash-pan,

each section thereof being pivoted to one of said bars, pinions on theends of said bars, a rack-bar mounted upon said pinions, a secondrack-bar mounted below said pinions, the teeth. of said rack-bars beingarranged intermittently, whereby each rack-bar engages only with thealternate pinions, brackets secured to the side of said ash-pan forguiding said rack-bars, a lever connected to the ends of said rack-barsand extending upwardly into the cab of the locomotive, and means fornormally holding said lever in a' given position and preventing theaccidental rotation of the sections of the ash-pan bottom.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHAR-LES GILBERT ECKENRODE.

NORMON BALDWIN.

Witnesses:

C. D. CoLER, AGNES G. BALDWIN.

